1 big thing

Fertility testing goes virtual

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Imagine doing a full-scale fertility evaluation, from the privacy of your own home - that even includes an at-home transvaginal ultrasound. That's the idea behind one company that’s part of a new wave of startups hoping to modernize the fertility industry, making it more accessible and affordable to more people.

  • Plus, Democratic party wins in rural America.
  • And, understanding the "Greenland block": why a new atmospheric pattern above Greenland could mean more snow on the East Coast this winter.

    • Guests: Axios' Erin Brodwin, Josh Kraushaar and Andrew Freedman.

    Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Fonda Mwangi and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

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    • Exclusive: Turtle Health seeds $5M to bring fertility testing home
    • Democrats show signs of life in rural America
    • Sinema's mutually assured destruction
    • Powerful "Greenland Block" may yield extreme weather through December
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